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I know most people here would love it, but I think the majority of Coachella's crowd these days would be completely unenthused if they got a dance lineup like this. Too bad really.

They don't have to get a top to bottom dance card like this, though. That's the point I keep making. 1-2 more niche/forward thinking acts per day would be a vast improvement over the steady onslaught of overexposed club favorites.

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I feel like I'll never get to go. I'd be totally cool with this being the only fest I could go to every year. This lineup is everything I want in a lineup. Really well rounded, hits all my musical obsessions with tons of rare acts I'd kill to see. This one sets the world wide standard again and again and this lineup is no different.

Re: Primavera 2014

Originally Posted by silver06

Sadly, I'd reconcile it by saying Coachella has a different demographic now.

That's still a lazy explanation, though, because there could certainly still be a balance of different acts for different crowds. Also, Coachella has reached the apex where it is going to sell out no matter what.

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Originally Posted by guedita

That's still a lazy explanation, though, because there could certainly still be a balance of different acts for different crowds. Also, Coachella has reached the apex where it is going to sell out no matter what.

Which makes one wonder why they did such a lazy job booking the undercard this year.

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I don't have much problem with Coachella pulling in Chromeo. Primavera booked Chromeo as well. But I get the point you are making. It seems Coachella is a year or two behind on the Yuma bookings.

My problem more lies with booking niche acts in genres that won't be relevant in a few years (i.e, Carnage, Flosstradamus, UZ), bringing back Dillon Francis and Girl Talk and booking so many of these mid-level electro acts (Headhunterz, Krewella) that pander to a terrible crowd. It would be nice to see Andy Stott and Vatican Shadow on the Coachella lineup instead of "DJ's" like TJR or Gareth Emery.

But outside of the dance card, there isn't much for me on this lineup that I haven't seen or have much desire to see.

Originally Posted by guedita

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Originally Posted by malcolmjamalawesome

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You're an idiot. Saying Coachella's lineup is better than this is laughable. 4 acts do not a good lineup make. This is solid through the entire undercard, whereas Coachella just throw you a couple of bones and then booked bullshit for the rest of the lineup.

Keep in mind too, Primavera is not intended to be an electronic music oriented festival at all. There is an actual electronic music festival in the same city two weeks later (Sonar).

Edit: I'm considering if there is any way I can possibly go to this and Sonar. Decisions to make...

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Well, I'm not certain I can do either (let alone both). I've been to Sonar the last two years, and it's a solid festival, but if I had to pick, it probably would be Primavera. I've been waiting close to 20 years to see Slowdive.

I'm certain I am "allowed" to do it work wise, I just don't want to think about how pricey it would be.

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Man if anyway that last day would go Mogwai>GYBE!>NIN that would be one of the most incredible things I could see. Sadly I can definitley not afford a plane ticket to spain right now, unless my fiancee wants to use all of our wedding budget for this trip hmmmmmmmmm

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Honestly, the tour schedules for those bands don't really make sense for them to be at Coachella this year. Deafheaven and Touche Amore are both involved with extensive US tours tours right now that soon have L.A. dates, and Kvelertak was in the US not long ago and is touring Europe currently.

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Yea I am going to check out touche and deafheaven in sf, but I like having those type of bands at coachella cuz I drag friends to those shows at coachella but not in sf, but anyways enough about me, man do i love this lineup!